Smile

Smile is the sixth studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on August 28, 2020, by Capitol Records, three years after its predecessor Witness (2017). Perry worked with a multitude of producers on the album, including Josh Abraham, Carolina Liar, The Daylights, G Koop, Andrew Goldstein, Oligee, Oscar Görres, Oscar Holter, Ilya, Ian Kirkpatrick, The Monsters & Strangerz, Charlie Puth, Stargate and Zedd. She described Smile as her "journey towards the light, with stories of resilience, hope, and love". It is a pop album, characterized by lyrical themes of self-help and empowerment.
Two singles preceded the album: the lead single "Daisies" was released on May 15, 2020, which peaked at number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100; its followup, "Smile", followed on July 10, 2020. Smile also contains Perry's 2019 standalone singles "Never Really Over" and "Harleys in Hawaii" in its standard tracklist. The Japanese and fan editions of the album further includes "Small Talk" (2019) and "Never Worn White" (2020). "Not the End of the World" became a single on December 21, 2020, with an accompanying music video featuring Zooey Deschanel.
Smile received mixed reviews upon release. Music critics were favorable towards Perry's maturing image, but criticized the album's familiar production and lyricism. On the Billboard 200 chart, the album debuted at number 5 with 50,000 units, marking Perry's fifth top-10 album in the United States. Elsewhere, Smile reached the top five in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, the United Kingdom, top 10 in Austria, Ireland, and Italy, and the top 20 in Finland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands.